Monday, January 26, 2004

Democratic crapshoot

The South Carolina presidential primary is in a week. That means I have to pick my Democratic horse in this race. I won't bore you with my fantastically detailed and tedious thought process, but the end result is I've eliminated all the candidates one by one until the last one left standing was Wesley Clark.

In November, I guarantee you I'll be voting for whoever's running against BushCorp, LLC. Hopefully, it'll be Clark.

But unfortunately, all the energy I put into making my decision will be for naught, thanks to this guy.

• Posted by Brian at 9:24 PM
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• Category: Politics

Sunday, January 25, 2004

My ears are bleeding

I should be used to this. It happens every year at this time. It's when the Golden Globe pre-show crap comes on. Hosted by Joan Rivers. That insane screeching idiot.

And then, just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, they add her demon hellspawn Melissa into the mix.

The cats are yowling in pain and fear. I feel bad for them. At least I can bury my wounded eardrums under headphones.

• Posted by Brian at 6:18 PM
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• Category: Music/Movies/TV

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

East Texas: Not just for breakfast anymore

I was too distracted yesterday to remember to captivate you, loyal reader, with tales of my weekend adventure in Tyler, Texas.

I spent the entire time with Maureen, Forrest and their 2-year-old. Most of our weekend activities revolved around listening to barely tolerable yet strangely catchy children's music and watching the kid alternate between throwing things, happily babbling in an as-yet-untranslatable baby language and barfing. Of course, the latter occurred *only* in public areas, such as restaurants, to achieve maximum effect.

This was the first time I met Elisha (I'm almost positive that's right, but sorry if I spelled his name wrong), and it's really strange to think that friends of mine are reproducing. Fortunately, out of all the miscreants, vagrants and weirdos I know, Maureen and Forrest are probably the best suited to be parents. Yeah, that kid's in pretty good hands.

As a public service, I have included photographic evidence that yes, Maureen and Forrest really do have a child.

• Posted by Brian at 8:59 PM
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• Category: Travel

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

My best TV Guide impression

CHEERS: To the Origami Boulder guy for brilliantly taking advantage of the web. However, if he ever stumbled upon this post, he'd surely berate me and call me a dumb dumb for not buying wadded paper art.

JEERS: To Marty, who is a sell-out pandering for attention.

Eh... that's all I got. I really just wanted to make fun of Marty.

• Posted by Brian at 9:13 PM
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• Category: Friends/Family

Tuesday, January 6, 2004

I'm NOT gonna pay a lot for this intergalactic ion stabilizer

Apparently the manager of the Midas Muffler store in Athens, Georgia, was out of town last weekend.

I couldn't simply drive by this. So I pulled into the Cracker Barrel next door at 4:30 p.m. There were no empty parking spaces as they were all filled by "early birds." I had to block in three cars for 30 seconds to take the photo, and sure enough, some old dude came out to his Caddy and grumbled at me to move.

It might have been at a Golden Corral. I can't remember.

But anyway... I was in Athens on my way to Atlanta to see Return of the King on IMAX.

It rocked.

• Posted by Brian at 11:03 PM
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• Category: Travel